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The Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on May 8, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 May 1957368,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 8, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.0% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
368,921 km229,237 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 1957 at 23:54 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 7, 195702:30
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 13, 195722:34

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Wednesday, May 8, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1957 to the new moon of May 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.49 days.